Work & commute · Big Sandy

Work & commute in Big Sandy, TX

Most working residents leave Big Sandy for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Longview (11%), Tyler (11%) and Gilmer (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38 of 515 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 477 Big Sandy residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 572 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Big Sandy.

477live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

572work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Big Sandy goes to work

Longview21 mi away

11%56

Tyler21.7 mi away

11%55

Big Sandy (in town)right here

7%38

Gilmer14 mi away

4%22

Kilgore19.7 mi away

3%17

Gladewater10.1 mi away

3%16

Dallas97.2 mi away

2%11

Houston194.1 mi away

2%10

Hawkins5.3 mi away

1%7

White Oak15.5 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%277

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Big Sandy commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

15%

42%

13%

30%

15%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Big Sandy is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Big Sandy are

610 jobs are based in Big Sandy. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Big Sandy’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Big Sandy

610 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Big Sandy residents hold

515 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−8%

Jobs based in Big Sandy, 2013 → 2023: 665 → 610. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.